Roll toilet-paper.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

G. 0. MATHER.

ROLL TOILET PAPER. APPLICATION TILED OCT. 1, 1906.

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GEORGE O. MATHER, OF GHIOAGQILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM WIRT HURD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ROLL TOILET-PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. MATHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll Toilet-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in roll toilet paper, and refers more specifically to rolls of the type commonly deslgnated as cut rolls, 4;. 6. those in which the web of paper is partially severed at regular intervals to facilitate its detachment in sections.

Among the salient objects of the present invention are to rovide a construction which can be manu actured at an extremely low cost and nevertheless possesses the advantages incident to rolls of more expensive construction; to provide a roll of the flat oval form which is peculiarly constructed and so cut as to insure detachment of the sections across the lines of out rather than at intermediate lines; to provide a construction in which the roll is so cut as to facilitate the dropping down of the attached end flapfashion so that it may be readily grasped; and in general to provide an improved article of the character referred to.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a front elevation of one of the rolls mounted in a suitable toilet paper fixture; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the roll and fixture; the peculiar manner in which the roll is held by the fixture being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the roll, removed from the fixture, showing the manner in which the web is cut.

The roll of paper of the present invention is adapted for use with a variety of fixtures or holders, but has special application to a toilet paper fixture such as that illustrated herein and which fixture is made the subject of a separate ap lication filed contemporaneously herewitli and to which application reference is made for a more detailed description of the fixture.

The roll, designated as a whole 1, consists of an endless web Wound upon an inner flattened tubular core 2, which is usually of pasteboard, and affords the necessary stiffness or rigidity to wind the web upon. After winding the web upon the tubular shell, the whole is pressed flat and the roll partially severed in a peculiar manner and for a particular purpose. That is to say, after the roll has been formed, and either before or after it has been flattened, by means of a suitable cutter, I form a series of cuts, as 3, 3 and 3", which severally extend entirely through one side of the roll and are arranged transversely thereof; these cuts being arranged in slightly offset relation and being of such length as to slightly overlap each other at their proximate ends, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. These cuts extend both through the web and through the inner shell 2, and they are so formed that the outermost cuts 3 and 3 extend from the lateral edges inwardly as shown. The roll thus constructed, and in its flattened form, is placed on a suitable fixture, as 4, provided with a flat blade-like mandrel, indicated in dotted lines at 5 and shown in horizontal section in Fig. 3, which serves to hold the-roll fixedly against rotation. In the particular fixture illustrated, the mandrel 5 is formed as an integral part of a bracket arm 6 which hinges to the back plate 7 of the fixture; the free end of the mandrel being detachably latched to a somewhat similar hinged arm 8. At the intersection of the end of the mandrel with the arm 6, of which it is an integral part, is provided a triangular block or projection 9 constituting a deflector, and at the op osite side of the fixture at the intersection of the arm 8 with the latch projection thereof is formed a similar triangular deflector 9. These deflectors are arranged in horizontal register with those ortions of the lateral edges of the inside 0 the roll immediately below the cuts 3 and 3"; the function of the deflectors being to bend or deflect said portions (designated 10, 10, in the drawings) outwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in the sectional View of Fig. 3. The bending of each turn of the web outwardly in this manner, while in position upon the fixture, greatly reduces the tendency of the end which remains upon the roll, after the section has been detached, to stick to the side of the roll and insures that such loose end will drop down flap-fashion in readiness to be grasped. Moreover the outwardly and upwardly inclined under surfaces of these deflectors, during the slight yielding movement in the direction of rotation of the roll incident to pulling off a section, creates an outward pressure on these outwardly deflected corners which in itself contributes to the loosening of the end, andv furthermore these deflectors contribute somewhat in preventing the roll from being drawn around or creeping during successive detachments. The manner in which the cuts 3, 3 etc., overlap each other at their proximate ends causes the web to tear in lines nearly parallel with the length of the web, as indicated upon the detached end in Fig. 1, and insures a tearing separation of that character which offers minimum resistance. This is a feature of much importance because with the tissues there is considerable liability of tearing the web across the upper side of the roll where its frictional engagement with the un-- derlying web is greatest instead of at the proper point.

I claim as my invention:

A roll of toilet paper consisting of an endless web wound upon a flexible, flattened, tubular core and provided with a plurality of adjacent transverse series of cuts extending entirely through one side of the roll; each out being oil'set relatively to an adjoining cut of an adjacent series, the ends of proximate cuts overlapping, and the two latterly-outermost cuts at opposite edges of the roll being extended to and through the margins of the web.

'GEORGE O. MATHER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. GRAVES, EMILIE ROSE. 

